“The slander of some people is as great a recommendation as the praise of others.”—English novelist-playwright Henry Fielding (1707-1754), The Temple Beau (1730)
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A cultural "omniblog" covering matters literary as well as theatrical, musical, historical, cinematic(al), etc.
“The slander of some people is as great a recommendation as the praise of others.”—English novelist-playwright Henry Fielding (1707-1754), The Temple Beau (1730)